Adjustable pipe railing fitting



Aug. 2o, 1940. F. s. REED 2,212,455

ADJUSTABLE PIPE RAILING FITTING Filed Oct. 18, 1958 mvEN-(OR ATTORN EYS Patented Aug. 20,

My invention relates and has among 2,212,455 ADJUSTABLE PIPE RAILING FITTING Frank S. Reed,

Cincinnati, Ohio Application October 18, 1938, Serial No. l235,690

3 Claims.

to connecting facilities,

its objects and advantages the provision of an improved adjustable pipe railing fitting. l

An object of my invention is to provide a fitting designed for interconnecting a plurality of pipes arranged in various angular relation. l

More specifically, I employ a two-piece body with which I associate a plurality of sockets for connection with pipe ends with ther sockets adjust'aible to various posions for securing the desired angularity between the pipes and the like.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is an elevational view with certain parts broken away for the sake of clearness; v

Figure 271s a sectional view illustrating the manner in which a laterally extending pipe may be associated with the earth; and Figure 3 is 1a View similar to Figure 2 illustrating the manner in which two laterally extending pipes rnay be incorporated with the radially extending pipe assembly.

In the embodiment selected to illustrate my invention, I make use of prising sections I2 and a coupling unit I0 corn- I4.` These sections are identical in construction with each having a peripheral Wall I6 sections I2 land I4 ing axially aligned of the same diameter. The include convex walls I8 havbosses 20 extending upwardly from the concaved faces :22.

Each section includes a groove l24 aligned with a .groove in the other section for the reception of heads 26 of bolts 28 extending through the spaces 30 between the sections and radially arranged with respect to the axes of the sections. f

Bosses 20 are provided .the reception oi a stud provided with threaded base with openings 32 for bolt '34 which may be a nut' 38 on one end and the 38 of a socket 40 on the other end.

Tightening of the socket 40 will draw the sections I2 .and I4 into clamping relation upon the bolt heads 26 for securing for example, as

positions, The space 30 thesame in preselected illustrated in Figure l.

extends completely upon the unit I'U so that the bolts28 may be adjusted to any position as desired. The bolts 28 the bases 42 of sockets 44. The

v connection with have threaded socket 40 may be threaded at 46 for threaded connection with a pipe 48. f

One of the sockets 44 is `illustrated as being threaded at l-50 for threaded connection with a pipe 52. The other sockets are illustrated as being reamed at 54 for the reception of lpipes 56 whi ch are made secure by of my invention set screws 58. All of the sockets ed or reamed.

Figure 3 illustrates a that illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, but with an additional socket 6U threaded to the stud bolt 34. In this view, the nut 36 is removed to provide accommodation for the socket 60.

. It will thus be seen that I have provided a 'fitting through the medium oi which pipes in interconnected railings, fences and the like may be interconnected in any desired angular relation through the medium of a simple flttin'gconstituting two principal parts. In addition, the fitting is so designed as to .accommodate sockets for connection with laterally extending pipes.

Without further elaboration, will so fully illustrate my invention that others may, by applying currentv knowledge, readily adapt the same for vuse under various conditions of service.l

.I claim:

1. An adjustable piperailing tting comprising circular sections of the same diameters and having peripheral faces, said sections being arranged side by side and spaced throughout their entire circumference, bolts extending through the space between the sections, said bolts being provided with heads and said sections having head clamping formations restraining the bolts from relative axial movement, pipe mounts threadedly connected with .said bolts and threaded against said peripheral faces, bolt means extending transversely through said sections, .and a pipe mount threadedly connected with said bolt means and cooperating with at least on-e of said sections for clamping the two sections upon said bolt heads for iixedly securing the bolts.

2. An adjustable pipe railing fitting comprising circular sections 'of the same diameters and having peripheral faces, said sections being arranged side by side and spaced, bolts extending through the space between the sections, said bolts being provided with heads and said sections having formations of said bolts and to restrain the bolts from relative axial movement, pipe mounts threadedly connected with said :bolts and threaded against said peripheral faces, a bolt extending through both sections, and .pipe mounts threadedly connected with said last bolt and cooperating with the latter and said sections for clamping the latter upon said bolt heads to fixedly unite the sections and to flxedly secure said first bolts.

3. An adjustable pipe railing fitting comprising two spaced and 'circular sections of equal may be threadconstructionv such as the foregoing diameters having opposed faces, said sections being coaxially positioned and said opposed faces each having a circular groove, said circular grooves being of equal diameters and facing each other, Ibolts having headslocated in said grooves and extending radially of said sections ,fbetween said opposed faces for connection with pipe mounts yadapted to be threadedly connected with the fbolts and brought into frictional through said sections at p 

